Holyday Traditions
Jan. 1st, 2009 03:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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darthanne about regional traditions and realised I forgot to post about one of my favourite Southwestern ones:
... Johannes and I both grew up calling these 'Luminario', but it seems like most people know them as 'Luminaria'. Either or?
The traditional way to do these is to get a brown paper bag, fold the top edges down, fill the bottom with sand or gravel and put in a votive or tea candle. I've also seen small bricks with holes carved in them for the candle. They're usually seen on Christmas Eve, but with the electric kind coming out in recent years (such as these), they're seen more commonly throughout December.
Albuquerque especially does massive displays.
The electric ones are cool too, cause then the candle doesn't blow out. ^__^
The original conversation came about because we were talking about the Southern tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Years.
Any other New Years traditions people do?
darthanne about regional traditions and realised I forgot to post about one of my favourite Southwestern ones:... Johannes and I both grew up calling these 'Luminario', but it seems like most people know them as 'Luminaria'. Either or?
The traditional way to do these is to get a brown paper bag, fold the top edges down, fill the bottom with sand or gravel and put in a votive or tea candle. I've also seen small bricks with holes carved in them for the candle. They're usually seen on Christmas Eve, but with the electric kind coming out in recent years (such as these), they're seen more commonly throughout December.
Albuquerque especially does massive displays.
The electric ones are cool too, cause then the candle doesn't blow out. ^__^
The original conversation came about because we were talking about the Southern tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Years.
Any other New Years traditions people do?
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Date: 2009-01-01 11:01 pm (UTC)1. New Years Wishes/Resolutions: you write down your wishes, hopes, resolutions for the new year, light a candle (preferibly white), and burn the wishes. It's based off the wiccan idea that a burnt hope, allows the smoke to travel to the gods, for their blessing in your quest.
2. Memory Candles: You light a candle for everyone you've lost in the last year, a candle for everyone you've met in the last year and everyone you hope to keep in the coming year.
3. Food for Hope: The first bite you eat after midnight, must be related to something you hope to find in the new year, Pomagranates for love (or other love related food), something green for money (or brown/yellow, or white), milk/dairy for family (children/husband/wife/lover, keeping your family safe/ect), yellow/brown/golden for luck (and money, they tend to go hand in hand), ect, basically the colour you must associate with something.
Heh, guess I did number three since I ate ranch dip and triscits and the most I want out of the coming year is more money and family stuff.
-Saitaina
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Date: 2009-01-05 03:48 am (UTC)Ooo... I like the candles. That makes a lot of sense.
Interesting on the food. Never thought of that. Thanks!
Happy New Year!